… I am here to share with you this beautiful poem, which speaks to me like very few poems do.
It doesn’t interest me
What you do for a living.
I want to know
What you ache for
And if you dare to dream
Of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
How old you are.
I want to know
If you will risk
Looking like a fool
For love
For your dream
For the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
What planets are
Squaring your moon…
I want to know
If you have touched
The centre of your own sorrow
If you have been opened
By life’s betrayals
Or have become shrivelled and closed
From fear of further pain.
I want to know
If you can sit with pain
Mine or your own
Without moving to hide it
Or fade it
Or fix it.
I want to know
If you can be with joy
Mine or your own
If you can dance with wildness
And let the ecstasy fill you
To the tips of your fingers and toes
Without cautioning us
To be careful
To be realistic
To remember the limitations
Of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
If the story you are telling me
Is true.
I want to know if you can
Disappoint another
To be true to yourself.
If you can bear
The accusation of betrayal
And not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
And therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
Even when it is not pretty
Every day.
And if you can source your own life
From its presence.
I want to know
If you can live with failure
Yours and mine
And still stand at the edge of the lake
And shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
To know where you live
Or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
After the night of grief and despair
Weary and bruised to the bone
And do what needs to be done
To feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
Who you know
Or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
In the centre of the fire
With me
And not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
Where or what or with whom
You have studied.
I want to know
What sustains you
From the inside
When all else falls away.
I want to know
If you can be alone
With yourself
And if you truly like
The company you keep
In the empty moments.
Really beautiful!! 🙂
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@Lifesong
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing TGND 🙂
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@Metherebel
You are most welcome! 🙂
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Wow! Its an all time favorite of mine…
So nice of you to share it here.. never occurred to me to do that!
Btw.. have you read her blog? I think you will like what she writes… 🙂
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@Priya
I didn’t know she writes a blog as well!! Could you share the link please?
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I haven’t read anything as good as this since a long time.
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@Amit
Yes, me too…
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Beautiful it is!
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@Filter Kaapi
Glad you liked it, too! 🙂
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Thank you TGND! 🙂
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@Kismi
🙂
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Amazing…. I needed to read something like this. It’s amazing how the right words come your way when you need them the most but least expect them.
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@Babushka
I am glad to know the post inspired you. 🙂
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What an wonderful piece of poetry this is. Am glad you shared it here.
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@Jas
Glad you liked it, too. 🙂
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This is an amazing piece of verse, never heard of this author/poet before. I have posted a piece of poetry too and have linked this up.
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@Chattywren
It is, indeed, amazing. It resonates with me in a way very few other poems have.
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Thanks for sharing this, these lines are beautiful 🙂
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@Glimpses and glances
You are most welcome! 🙂
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Lovely 🙂
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@Veens
It is beautiful, no?
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It is… I take with me the smile you put on my face, Vish.
TGND(Shweta) – Because of you I am getting to know some new talented Bloggers 🙂 Thanks.
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@Veens
Errr… Visha is a guest blogger on my blog. And I, TGND, am not Shweta. 🙂
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